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The 3.2-stable linux kernel tree was patched on March 7th with "rtl8192cu-add-new-device-ids.patch" which includes "8188RU in Alfa AWUS036NHR". Those of you with Backtrack 5R2 may wish to try it to see if it resolves the problems with this wifi radio. I do not have this device so I am unable to test it myself but would be interested to hear how others get on.

The driver used still won't let you go above 20, although you can work around this by modifying the compat-wireless drivers are recompiling yourself, I did notice that my VM began to hang if the txpower is set above 31, although at 31 it's rock solid.

How can I edit the drivers to set full power at 33dbi? and I am also not having any associated clients on WPA/WPA2 so am unable to handshake. I have decoded WEP successfully.

Well, first of all guys. Make sure your ALFA is authentic, it has been brought to my attention from some friends that they were having problem with their AWUS036NHR with BT 5 R2 and we realize that their devices were FAKE!!!! so guys make sure your device is not a cheap chinese copy and its the authentic Taiwan Made. Else only god knows what chipset is being used in those cards.

I am using my ALFA AWUS036NHR with BT 5 R2 (KDE-64bit) in a Parallels VM running on top of Mac OS X 10.7.3. Its able to set monitor mode, inject, associate, scan and detect much more networks and with higher sensitivity that my Airport Extreme. I have tested the 5db and 7 db directional panel and both work flawlessly.

I dont know if the other distros (Gnome 32/64 and 32) have a problem. Im downloading now a Gnom 32 bit to check if there is any problem.
Will report back with the findings.